f20376	Cambridge University v Essex
	University Match 1954
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 8th, 10th, 11th May 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 3 wickets
Umpires	LH Gray, HL Palmer
Scorers	WH Hansford (Essex), AD James (Cambridge University)
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 288/7 (Estcourt 56*, Goonesena 2*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 9/2 (Parsons 0*, Pretlove 0*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MH Bushby	c Vigar b Smith	9
DRW Silk	b Preston	0
ABD Parsons	b Preston	0
JF Pretlove	lbw b TE Bailey	137
VR Lumsden	c Taylor b TE Bailey	33
RV Turner	b TE Bailey	0
Swaranjit Singh	b Insole	27
NSD Estcourt	not out	56
G Goonesena	not out	6
+JPK Asquith	did not bat
MN Morgan	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	20
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 116 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-8, 3-10, 4-91, 5-95, 6-163, 7-264

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	22	6	56	3	-	-
Preston	18	7	45	2	-	-
Smith	23	8	48	1	-	-
JA Bailey	18	6	39	0	-	-
Greensmith	18	4	36	0	-	-
Vigar	9	3	16	0	-	-
Insole	8	3	28	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Asquith b Goonesena	37
AV Avery	hit wkt b Goonesena	46
FH Vigar	b Goonesena	15
R Horsfall	b Morgan	3
*DJ Insole	b Estcourt	3
TE Bailey	b Estcourt	41
WT Greensmith	not out	51
R Smith	run out	0
+B Taylor	b Morgan	14
JA Bailey	b Estcourt	17
KC Preston	b Estcourt	0
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 103.5 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-96, 3-101, 4-104, 5-105, 6-184, 7-184, 8-213, 9-239, 10-239 (103.5 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morgan	18	5	55	2	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	6	1	15	0	-	-
Estcourt	36.5	11	79	4	-	-
Goonesena	34	7	69	3	-	-
Pretlove	9	5	9	0	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MH Bushby	c Preston b Smith	9
DRW Silk	lbw b Smith	0
ABD Parsons	b JA Bailey	30
JF Pretlove	run out	6
VR Lumsden	b JA Bailey	13
RV Turner	b JA Bailey	1
Swaranjit Singh	st Taylor b Greensmith	5
NSD Estcourt	lbw b Greensmith	10
G Goonesena	c Taylor b Greensmith	9
+JPK Asquith	b Greensmith	7
MN Morgan	not out	3
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 44.4 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-23, 4-57, 5-60, 6-65, 7-67, 8-75, 9-88, 10-95 (44.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	12	2	30	0	-	-
Smith	12	3	18	2	-	-
JA Bailey	10	5	10	3	-	-
Greensmith	10.4	2	35	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Swaranjit Singh	1
AV Avery	st Asquith b Goonesena	24
FH Vigar	c Asquith b Morgan	37
R Horsfall	c Lumsden b Goonesena	34
*DJ Insole	b Morgan	7
TE Bailey	c Swaranjit Singh b Goonesena	0
WT Greensmith	lbw b Pretlove	10
R Smith	not out	25
+B Taylor	not out	3
JA Bailey	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(7 wickets, 63.3 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-45, 3-76, 4-92, 5-97, 6-108, 7-135

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morgan	19	4	33	2	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	4	0	10	1	-	-
Estcourt	10	5	22	0	-	-
Goonesena	27.3	6	73	3	-	-
Pretlove	3	1	3	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RV Turner made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JF Pretlove (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> JF Pretlove (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> NSD Estcourt (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> Swaranjit Singh made his debut for Cambridge University in First-Class matches
--> Swaranjit Singh made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> NSD Estcourt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-75)

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